Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: [inland-NW-birders] Birding responsibly at the
Date: Jun 24 08:49:17 2011
From: Charles Swift - chaetura at gmail.com


I'm forwarding this for Tim Durnell who lives in the Colville area (ne WA)
and birds this site regularly.

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From: Tim Durnell <ddurnell at centurytel.net>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:07 PM
Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Birding responsibly at the Colville STP
To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu


Today I dropped by the Colville Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to see if there
were any shorebirds yet. The gate was locked and I went to the office and
asked if one of the two people in the office could unlock the gate for me.
There was a long pause after my request. Neither person wanted to open the
gate and let me do some birding but neither came right out and said so.
Recently, a group of birders asked to be let in the gate and were told to
walk in. A short while later they were seen driving inside the gate around
the ponds, a huge liability issue with the folks who manage the STP.
Apparently these birders were probably not from this area because they
asked for directions to the mouth of the Colville River. Still, according
to the guy in the STP office, because of the actions of a few the rest of us
could lose our privilege of birding inside the gate.

After hearing of this incident and realizing the reason behind their
reluctance to open the gate for me, I reaffirmed that I just wanted to walk
in and like last year, I would stay near the gate while watching birds. The
Colville STP is a shorebird treasure and it would be a travesty to lose
access to this resource. Please be responsible if you bird the Colville
STP. Park outside the gate. Walk in. Stay near the gate while you bird.

By the way, the ponds were showing no mud yet and there were the usual
geese, ring-billed gulls, ruddy ducks, and coots.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Tim Durnell
Rice, WA
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